MUNICIPAL CHARTER CITY OF TAKOMA PARK
ARTICLE II CORPORATE LIMITS
Section 201 Records of Corporate Boundaries
Section 202 Description of Corporate Boundaries
Section 201 Records of Corporate Boundaries
The corporate limits or boundaries of the City of Takoma Park shall be
filed at all times with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County,
the Director of the Department of Legislative Services and in the office of the
City Manager.
Section 202 Description of Corporate Boundaries
Being an area of land delineated and designated for the corporate
limits/boundaries for the City of Takoma Park, situated among the 13th (Wheaton)
Election District, Montgomery County, State of Maryland. The Corporate City
limits being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the
intersection of the third (3rd) line of the District of Columbia and the west
line of the right of way of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, thence
with said west right of way line, running along with but not adjacent to Takoma
Avenue and Fenton Street to the point, thence crossing said Washington Metro
Area Transit Authority and Fenton Street to the northern intersection of Fenton
Street, Chicago Avenue, said point being on the northwestern right of way line
of Chicago Avenue, thence with the northwestern right of way of Chicago Avenue
to a point with the extension of the southwesterly right of way line of Boundary
Avenue in a northwesterly direction, thence from said point, crossing over
Chicago Avenue along the southwesterly right of way line of Boundary Avenue and
northeastern property line of block number sixty-seven (67) of the Takoma Park
Loan and Trust Company’s Subdivision of Takoma Park to the northeast
corner of Lot number one hundred and one (101), Block number sixty-seven (67),
said point also being on the northwesterly line of Lot number one hundred (100)
in the aforesaid block, thence with southeast right of way line of Boundary
Avenue to a point at the northern most point of Lot one hundred (100) thence
continuing along the northeastern property line of Lot number one hundred (100)
to the northeast corner of said lot, thence along the southeastern property line
to a point on said line, said point also being the western corner of Lot number
ninety-three (93) in the aforesaid block, thence along the southern property
line of said lot to a point on the northwestern right of way line with Takoma
Avenue; thence across Takoma Avenue to the northwest corner of Lot number
fifteen (15) in Block number seventy-one (71) of the aforesaid Takoma Park Loan
and Trust Company’s Subdivision of Takoma Park, said point also being the
western corner of Lot number one (1), Block “D” in the subdivision
entitled “Saratoga” thence with the northeasterly boundary line of
said Block number seventy-one (71) crossing over Alfred Drive to the
southeasterly right of way line of Alfred Avenue, thence along said right of way
line to the southwestern right of way line of Ray Drive, thence along said right
of way to the northwest right of way line of Piney Branch Road (formally known
as Blair Road), said point also being the easterly corner of Lot number eleven
(11) in the subdivision entitled “Saratoga Estates”; thence
continuing on the same line in a southeast direction crossing Piney Branch Road
to the southeastern right of way line of said road: thence along said right of
way line of Piney Branch Road to the intersection with the easterly side of
Mississippi Avenue; thence along the easterly and northerly line of Mississippi
Avenue to its intersection with and northwesterly line of Hilltop Road, thence
continuing in the same southeasterly direction crossing Hilltop Road to its
intersection with the west bank of Sligo Creek; thence along the west bank of
Sligo Creek to the southeasterly right of way line of Piney Branch Road; thence
along the southeasterly line of Piney Branch Road to its intersection with the
easterly curb line of Flower Avenue; thence along the easterly curb line of
Flower Avenue to a point at the southeast corner of Parcel 138 on Tax Map JN
563, said point also lies southeast of Division Street, thence leaving said curb
line and along the southerly line of Parcel 138, crossing Greenwood Avenue
continuing along the southerly lines of N-136 and N-110 on the aforementioned
Tax Map to the southwesterly right of way line of Garland Avenue, thence
continuing in the same northeasterly direction across Garland Avenue and
southerly line of Lot number five (5) in the subdivision entitled Flower Avenue
Park to the southwestern property line of Lot number fourteen (14) in the
subdivision of Pulvers Subdivision, thence along said property line of Lot
number fourteen (14), Lot number thirteen (13) and southwesterly line of Parcel
158 of the aforementioned Tax Map to the northwesterly line of Carroll Avenue,
thence across Carroll Avenue to the southeasterly right of way, thence along the
aforesaid right of way in a northeasterly direction to the southern intersection
of University Boulevard, East Route #193 (formally known as Bladensburg Road)
and Carroll Avenue, said southern right of way lines of said intersection also
common northern property lines of part of Lot number nineteen (19), Block number
nineteen (19) in the subdivision entitled “New Hampshire Gardens”,
thence along the southwesterly right of way line of University Boulevard, East
Route #193, passing in transit and along with the Prince George’s County
and Montgomery County Boundary to the southwest corner of the intersection with
New Hampshire Avenue, thence continuing across said New Hampshire Avenue and
southwesterly right of way of University Boulevard, East Route #193 to a point
on the northeast corner of Parcel “A” in a subdivision entitled
“Langley Acres”, thence along the eastern property line of said
Parcel “A” and Parcel “A-1” in the subdivision of
“Hanley” to the northern right of way line of Holton Lane, thence
across said right of way and along the easterly line of Lot number five (5) in
the subdivision entitled “Addition to Langley Park” to the
southeastern corner of said Lot number five (5), thence along the common
property line between the Board of Education and Parcel “B” in the
subdivision entitled “Cohen Brothers Property” to the northern point
of Lot number eleven (11), Block “T” in the subdivision of
“Carole Highlands”, thence along the western line of said
subdivision of Blocks “T”, “P” and “O”
crossing in transit Hannon Street and Erskine Street to a point on the northern
right of way line of Elson Street, said point also being the common property
corner between Lot number one (1), Block “O” in the aforementioned
subdivision and Lot number ten (10), Block number five (5) in the subdivision
entitled “Hillwood Manor”, thence continuing across said Elson
Street in a southern direction to the southern right of way line of said right
of way, said point also being the common property corner with Lot number
thirteen (13), Block “L” in a subdivision entitled “Carole
Highlands” and Lot number one (1), Block number eight (8) in a subdivision
entitled “Hillwood Manor”, thence along the division line of said
subdivisions to the southern most point of Lot “B” in said Hillwood
Manor subdivision, said point also being the westerly corner of Lot
“A”, thence with westerly side of Lot “A” and crossing
the right of way of Sligo Parkway, to a southeastern line of Sligo Creek Park,
thence continuing with said southeastern line to the northwestern line of the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), Sligo Creek
Unit No. 5, Sligo Creek Park, thence along the common line between Sligo Creek
Park and M-NCPPC to a point on the northeast corner of Lot number one (1), Block
number forty-four (44), thence with the southeastern line of said lot to a point
on the northeastern right of way line of Linden Avenue, thence across said right
of way to the northeast corner of Lot number twelve (12), Block number
twenty-eight (28) in the subdivision entitled “B.F.G. Takoma Park”
said point also being on the northwestern right of way of Olson Road, thence
along said right of way to a common property corner with Outlot “C”
and Lot number eleven (11), Block number twenty-eight (28) in the B.F.G.
subdivision, thence continuing with the southern line of said subdivision along
Block number twenty-seven “C” (27C) and northern line of Parklawn
Subdivision, Block “V” crossing in transit Larch Avenue to a point
on the northern right of way line of East-West Highway, thence with said right
of way line to point of intersection with the southeasterly right of way of New
Hampshire Avenue, State Route No. 650, thence continuing with said right of way
in a southwesterly direction to the intersection with the northeastern property
line of the District of Columbia and the southwesterly line of the State of
Maryland, said point also being the northeasterly right of way line of Eastern
Avenue (District of Columbia side) ninety (90) foot right of way and
southwesterly right line of Eastern Avenue (State of Maryland’s side)
thirty (30) foot right of way, thence along said division line between the
District of Columbia and the State of Maryland with said Eastern Avenue in a
northwesterly direction to a point at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and
Eastern Avenue (Maryland side) said point also being the end of Eastern Avenue
(Maryland side) and southeastern corner of Lot number thirty (30) , Block
“A” in the subdivision entitled “Gilbert & Wood Addition
to Takoma Park”, thence now continuing with the northeastern right of way
line of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side) and southwesterly line of
said subdivision in a northwesterly direction crossing over in transit Laurel
Avenue to a point on the northerly right of way line of Carroll Avenue, said
point also being the end of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side) and point
on line of Lot number seventeen (17) Block number three (3) in the subdivision
of “B.F. Gilberts Addition to Takoma Park”, thence continuing in the
said direction along the southwesterly line of said subdivision to the
southeasterly right of way line of Cedar Avenue, said point also being the
beginning and continuation of Eastern Avenue (District of Columbia side), thence
with said subdivision and said right of way in a northwesterly direction
crossing in transit Takoma Avenue and the Washington Metro Area Transit
Authority to the point of beginning.
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